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Institutional Research

Institutional Research

Our Mission

The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment seeks to facilitate decision-making at all levels of the institution by providing institutional and unit-level data and information in an accurate and timely manner. This is accomplished by creating an atmosphere of systematic organizational planning and assessment based on best practices in higher education; providing relevant and accurate information related to salient institutional or unit-level issues and questions; leveraging technology to increase the efficiency and accuracy of data gathering, analysis, and delivery; and designing, coordinating, and implementing research activities related to academic and administrative evaluation and improvement processes.

What We Do

Provide faculty and staff with a central location for accessing or obtaining data related to the University.

Provide faculty and staff with sufficient resources to adequately assess their departments/programs.

Provide administrators with accurate information about the University (including faculty, staff and students) to aid in decision-making at the institutional-level.

Distribute relevant data on a consistent basis to administrators, faculty and staff.

Inform students of testing requirements.

Disseminate relevant institutional data to outside sources.

Who We Are

The Office of Institutional Research and Assessment is a part of the Information Services Sector. We are located in the Higginbotham Administration Building.

Faculty Spotlight

DR. JEAN ELEDGE

Chair, Department of Language and Literature,
Professor of French

Dr.
Jean Eledge serves as the Chair of Lee’s Department of Language and Literature
along with teaching courses such as World Languages & Faith and Teaching
Languages. A decorated classroom teacher, she was named Tennessee Teacher of
the Year in 1989 while teaching at Cleveland High School, and she received the
Lee University Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995.

She
is not only an outstanding professor, but also provides leadership to the
campus in the area of faculty development.

Eledge
enjoys research and doing presentations on effective teaching. She is married
to Bill and has a son, Eric, and daughter-in-law, Bethany. She counts music and
sports as her favorite out-of-class interests.

Academics

The Academic Sector is made up of five colleges and schools: the College
of Arts & Sciences, the Helen DeVos College of Education, the
School of Music, the School of Religion, and the School of Nursing.